21 February 2007

NME Ad by Bands Against Trident

It's expressed as a press release on the CND website, and there's a full-page ad in this week's NME. It will also be in an upcoming edition of Q.

The NME ad will probably reach more people than usual, since Arcade Fire are on the cover this week.

Ian Brown, former lead singer of the Stone Roses, said: "Why do we need these weapons? Is someone going to attack us? Why are we able to have these weapons but other countries are told they can’t? Our political leaders are hypocrites and warmongers. Has humanity learnt nothing from the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Would anybody like to repeat an act like that? It is a lie to say these nuclear weapons are necessary for the UK but older civilisations are not allowed them. Say NO to Trident."